quethen

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːðən

Verb

quethen

1. past participle of quethe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cwethen, cweþen, cweðen, queðen, qwethyn, qweþe, queþen, quethe, queþe, queden, cwæthen

Etymology

From Old English cweþan, from Proto-West Germanic *kweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną; a cognate of Middle Low German queden, Middle Dutch quēden, Middle High German quëden, and Old Swedish kvæþa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛːðən/

Verb

quethen (third-person singular simple present quetheth, present participle quethynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative quath, past participle quethen)

1. To speak, talk, question (about something; something)
2. To reply, respond (to queries)
3. To bequeath; to hand down to one's successors by will.
4. To abandon; to give away or give out; to donate.

Conjugation

Conjugation of quethen (strong class 5)

infinitive	(to) quethen, quethe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	quethe	quath, quoth
2nd-person singular	quethest	quede, quode, quath, quoth
3rd-person singular	quetheth	quath, quoth
subjunctive singular	quethe	quede1, quode1
imperative singular		—
plural2	quethen, quethe	queden, quede, quoden, quode
imperative plural	quetheth, quethe	—
participles	quethynge, quethende	queden, quede, quethe, yqueden, yquede, yquethe

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• biquethen

Descendants

• English: quethe (obsolete except in past tense quoth)
• Scots: quethe (noun)
• Yola: co, quo

References

• “quēthen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-05.